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  • From Optical Activity in Quartz to Chiral Drugs:Molecular Handedness in Biology and Medicine
  • Ronald Bentley, Professor Emeritus
Ronald Bentley, Professor Emeritus
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

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